- Why the allure of traditional toys is still strong amid myriad tech options (The Guardian)
- There’s a push for fewer stereotypes in kids advertising, but what if ads were cut back altogether? (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Space reigns supreme for LEGO, as NASA and Star Wars drive the company’s most popular sets (CNET)
- The FTC has reached a settlement with Let’s Play YouTubers, but sends out a warning to other influencers (Tube Filter)
- Artificial Intelligence has learned to play Super Mario better than any human player (The Verge)
- It’s official: Disney prepares to pull Marvel and Star Wars content from Netflix (Variety)
- Facebook is the latest to dole out US$1 billion on content in 2018 (Tech Crunch)
- There’s a lot riding on this year’s holiday toy sales, but can Santa save retailers? (CNBC)
- Sales of fidget spinners have finally cooled, but there’s still a lot to learn from the trendy toy (The Economist)
- Red-hot fury: Studio execs say Rotten Tomatoes is to blame for a soft summer box office (The New York Times)
- Spotify has found its new head of content—freshly poached from Disney (Variety)
- The obsession with the right amount of screen time is missing the point (London School of Economics)
- Sweden’s game industry swelled by 950% to US$1.54 billion in 2016 (VentureBeat)
- When it comes to influencers Gen Z doesn’t care how many followers they have (Forbes)
- Genres are so last year: Netflix is overhauling its categories (Financial Post)
- Ahead of its IPO, Roku launches an ad-supported movie channel (TechCrunch)
- Trouble in toy land? How a weak summer box office is impacting the world of play (MarketWatch)
- Gen Z is so over video ads (Forbes)
- This crochet-clad robot has high-tech ambitions to help kids with autism (Fast Company)
- Be careful what you tell Australian kids: Peppa Pig episode saying spiders aren’t dangerous gets pulled (CNET)
- Forget summer, can strong first and last quarters save the 2017 box office? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- eSports may not be making an Olympic run, after all (Advertising Age)
- A book series about little girls who code may just be the next Baby-Sitters Club (TechCrunch)
- Snapchat users are loyal, spending 20% more time on the app in the past six months (Recode)
- Disney may cut up to 300 jobs at its Disney-ABC television arm (Los Angeles Times)
- Hertz develops a rental car that lets kids color every inch of the interior (Springwise)
- DreamWorks’ Voltron series is getting its own VR game (Engadget)
- Why the toy industry relies on the creativity of women (Forbes)
- How did a nine-year-old girl become a designer for LEGO? (Mashable)
- Hasbro and DC Comics engage in a legal spat over Bumblebee trademark (Variety)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar and beyond, welcome to the next wave of AR apps (TechCrunch)
- Netflix is going to keep pumping out content, and doesn’t care if it makes a few flops (The Atlantic)
- Apple and Hollywood can’t agree on the price of 4K movie rentals (Recode)
- Inside Nintendo’s unexpected mobile hit (The Verge)
- Nintendo is quietly closing its Miiverse social network (The Verge)
- Netflix and Amazon are heading for a showdown over Anime (Decider)
- YouTube starts rolling out redesign, desktop-first (Tube Filter)
- A new way for gaming apps to get noticed: Megacool mobile clip sharing site goes live (Venture Beat)
- The UK TV industry is at risk of losing US$1.2 billion a year to Amazon, YouTube and Facebook (The Guardian)
- Australian streaming market to heat up with CBS purchase of Network Ten (Advertising Age)
- Fictitious rumor? This YA book publisher is being accused of cheating The New York Times Bestseller List (The Verge)
- Taylor Swift gives a lesson in modern-day music downloads (Recode)
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